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Nutrition |
The process by which your body takes in and uses food |
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Nutrients |
Substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy |
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Calorie |
A unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses and the energy it receives from food |
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Carbohydrates |
Starches and sugars found in foods which provide your body's main source of energy |
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Fiber |
Tough, complex carbohydrate that the body cannot digest |
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Proteins |
Nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissues |
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Essential fatty acids are important to |
Brain development, blood clotting, controlling inflammation, and maintaining healthy hair and skin |
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Cholesterol |
Waxy, fat like substance |
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Vitamins |
Compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes |
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Minerals |
Elements found in food that are used by the body |
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Environmental influences |
Family and culture, friends, time and money, advertising |
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Uses of nutrients |
As an energy source, to sustain growth, to heal, build, and repair tissue, to help transport oxygen to cells, to regulate body function |
